Synonyms for carnival

noun

1. A festival

   festivity, revelry, merrymaking, carousal, masquerade, debauch, festival, feasting, fete, street fair, celebration, spree, carousing, bacchanal, frolic, gala, heyday, jamboree, jubilee, Saturnalia, orgy, wassail, rout, Mardi Gras, Oktoberfest, feria; see also celebration 2, feast, holiday 1.

2. An outdoor amusement

   fair, sideshow, exposition, amusement park; see amusement park, circus, fair, show 2.